Radix Chronicle

Backed this on Kickstarter and I'm super impressed at the scale and scope of this game for a two-person project on their first title entry. I'm really hoping that the crew can continue to innovate on stale design and produce quality GAMES™ like this going forward. The amount of working to hand-craft each pixel art, song, animation, and then technically scoping the programming effort to combine the various tactics while also balancing the difficulty completes the full package. Proud of the team for sticking the landing. The bass lines in the OST slaps! Marcus went ham on those :)

Radix is a great labor of love; lovely 2D hand-drawn sprites and fun core mechanics make this game a worthy experience. This game is highly recommended for fans of tactical RPGs, but in many ways, it does more than one would expect of a typical title in this genre. By adding real-time mechanics, it eliminates most of the frustrating randomness; performance isn't tied to luck or the roll of a die, but to reflexes and precision. Highly recommended. Its original vertical presentation works great on MS Surface laptops, on which it was exclusively played, but it supports horizontal screens too.

This is a really neat tactical RPG that does a lot of subtle things right. The first time I saw what the mechanics were going for as I moved out of the way of an enemies spell for the first time and had it do collateral damage to their allies, I genuinely smiled. The game is designed to be played multiple times to see everything. Multiple endings are one example but as you try new things you can trigger unique dialogue between characters. Each stage has definitive goal and either an optional mission or a secret mission, these add difficulty and replayability while also rewarding you with new gear, items, and spells that open up new tools for you to use. The story is not in your face and multiple playthroughs being in the design philosophy is a part of that in triggering new scenes for additional context or to get the true ending. I was not lost on a first run however, so if that's something that bothers you, don't worry. I would liken the stages to a puzzle almost, but a shifting one. There isn't one solution to each stage but you wont be slugging it out with the enemies for long, or at least not successfully. You need to use your tools to debuff enemies, change the terrain, and then use the terrain to your advantage. The subtle things I mentioned earlier are little touches like the scenery changing and moving in the background of the stages in diegetic ways or the developers cutting the soundtrack in the post battle screens to match the mood of the story event that just transpired. I spent about 10 hours on my first playthrough, with a chunk of that at the end being me choosing to retry levels to clear them with more points or trying to figure out a secret mission. Things I think that could be improved: -Weapon stats in the menu rather than having to equip/unequip to compare. -Perhaps showing what spells each weapon unlocks for the characters so I don't have to remember. -Being able to retry a battle without waiting for it to be your unit's turn (If I missed this, sorry). A situation that sold me on the mechanics: I had lost two of my characters trying to achieve an optional objective, one of the last things those characters did was clear some grassy terrain, and then replace the whole field with water tiles which slows unit speed. My last unit had an ice spell and 8 health remaining, with a fast melee weapon (impacts characters agility). The frost spell froze the field (causes unit movement to slide until they hit something that stops movement) and I was able to kite using the terrain and my superior speed to whittle down the remaining foes and pull out the win. There is another stage, Stage 14 that I would love to talk about but I don't want to spoil it. It's a beautiful example of building on a games mechanics and applying an additional twist. I hope you give it a shot!

Lots of fun and quite the challenge!

Fantastic game designed and created by even more fantastic people with a passion for what they do!

Just bought the game. I've been following the development of this game for a year or more. I'll post a more detailed review once I finish the game. For now im just excited to start playing this RPG that is turn based but has implemeted skill, to combat instead of it all being RNG. You can actively increase damage and decrease parties damage taken by completing a kind of QTE circle hitting in the red part of the blue ring.. sorry if my explanation lacks finesse, but it makes more sense in game.

Charming little tactical RPG. Lovely music and cute characters and sprites. It has a nice fun challenge to how you can manipulate and use terrain types to your advantage. Enjoying it so far!

I enjoy the unique take on the SRPG format. The pixel art is cute, and the animations, and sound effects are pretty cool. The characters all have interesting personalities and their motivations, and reasons come through in their dialogue. Lots of hidden content that depends on how you play each map.

I've just started playing the game and I'm already hocked! There's so much fun to be had with the combat and how the missions been layed out together with the tools the players are given. Every mission I feel like I have to play at least 2 times. First to see the layout and what kind of enemies I'm fighting and then again to execute my strategy. It truly is a genius, yet simple, tactical/strategic game. Well I say simple but the truth is the game is actually quite complex with many interactions which play into each others and change the way you think of the combat scenario you find yourself in. For example seems water tiles can be modified in many various ways and so far I've encountered, poisoned, turned into magma and I bet there are many more (frozen probably). And I expect other tiles to work in similar ways too, well actually I know they do since grass tiles can burn. Point being that this kind of stuff quickly changes your own strategy but also can change up your entire game plan if the enemy does it first. Can't wait to play more and once I've done so and completed at least my first play through I'll update this review (or write a new one). Surprisingly fun game with rich depth of combat mechanics! ✓ Music and the pixel art style gives major nostalgic vibes to childhood ✓ Fun characters with deep backstory that ✓ Lots of replayability for extra endings and challenges + to unravel more of the story ✓